Ops Township


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Ops Twp. in historical VICTORIA Co.

Opened in 1821 and named from the Latin word meaning wealth. First settlers came in 1825; John Connell, Lot 3, Concession 1, and his brother Patrick, Lot 7, Concession 2. Patrick was long known as “King Connell.” The settlement for the most part was Irish. The town of Lindsay was founded in 1827 when William Purdy and sons built a dam which raised the level of Lake Scugog and drowned the land of some settlers. In 1834 the town site was surveyed by John Huston. One of his assistants was [killed by accidental] gun-shot. His name was Lindsay, and the prospective town was named for him [from the original Purdy’s Mills].

Jesse E. Middleton, The Province of Ontario: a History: 1615-1927, published 1927

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HINT: Before fine-searching the online maps, verify from the database of transcribed names (bottom).

Early survey maps with names of original patentees – over-written with subsequent owners.

1 available I0050946

THE ABOVE LINKS ARE BROKEN. These had been off-site links to the Archives of Ontario's RG-100 Patent Plans. In 2023 the A of O replaced the 'Archives Descriptive Database' with the 'AIMS' database. Please direct inquiries to the Archives of Ontario quoting the RG 1-100 collection and urging for restoration of *large-sized* map images. (I'm always happy to hear from you too).

The names on these maps are not transcribed for the HeritagePIN databases.

** This is an 1877-published map. Although the scope of this project is for the Pre-Confederation period (before 1870), we have transcribed names from this 1877 map, as the Victoria Co. directories are limited and do not specify lot locations.

No pre-Confederation era maps have been found, or are known to have been published. See the Patent Maps.
 
The 1877 VICTORIA Co. Atlas, by Jas. Patterson
 
Map Transcription Progress

Maps at McGill University's Digital Atlas Project cover the Post-Confederation period (late for the scope of this project). Names of land-owners are transcribed at McGill's site.

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HINT: Before fine-searching the online directories, verify from the database of transcribed names (bottom).

1858 Peterborough & Victoria / White / subscr. site
(Names in Towns Only)

1865-66 Peterborough & Victoria / Sutherland / subscr. site

Links & Transcription Progress

Find Concession/Lot Locations from the Agricultural Schedules of the Canadian national Censuses.
1842 (limited), 1851, 1861 and 1871.

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Finding Aid | Search Form – LAC | see table, below

1861 District SubDistrict Film     PGs: 40 – 48
Victoria Ops C-1077 40 41 42
Victoria Ops C-1077 43 44 45
Victoria Ops C-1077 46 47 48

 
* The LAC search form is pre-set to search this District, and for Agricultural schedules only. However, these indexes are significantly incomplete. ALL IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE by page number, in the chart, above.

The 1861 Census Districts | Re: Bothwell, Cardwell & Monck

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Important: See FINDING AID – involves a few steps.
 
1871 District SubDistrict Div.* Film Images
52 Victoria South B Ops Div 1 C-9981 Link to Start
52 Victoria South B Ops Div 2 C-9981 Link to Start
52 Victoria South C Lindsay Div 1 C-9981 Link to Start
52 Victoria South C Lindsay Div 2 C-9981 Link to Start
52 Victoria South C Lindsay Div 3 C-9981 Link to Start

 
* The Enumeration Division must match the corresponding Sched. 1 Personal Census.

Header titles on each census page aren't always fully descriptive of the Districts and Divisions. Rely on indexed information at Ancestry or FamilySearch.

The 1871 Census Districts | Maps of City Wards

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* tab marked (Tax Rolls) = no records for entire County

Ontario historical township tax assessments showing concessions and lots

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Township Dates Film Images  
Ops None Available

NOTE: The above table is for records BEFORE 1880, only!
Films marked in red are viewable at LDS Family History Centers.


FamilySearch has begun to transcribe: (incomplete)

Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899
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See FamilySearch Wiki about Ontario Taxation.
Both Owners and Tenants were assessed for taxes (i.e. Freeholders and Householders).
See the Instructions to Assessors from 1847 Norfolk Co.


Search Surname - by part name, or use a star as a wildcard -- do not use single quote i.e. O'Brien - instead use O(star) :
Total Records Found: 349, showing 10 per page
SurnameIncidenceTownshipCountyDatesSourceAvailable online?DetailsMisc
[ ]her 1 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
[ ]orley 1 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
[ ]speth 1 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
Adam 1 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
Agnew 2 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
Anderson 1 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
Arksey 1 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
Armstrong 3 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
Atkinson 2 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source
Baker 1 Ops Victoria 1877 map Link to Source




heritagePIN PROJECT DATABASES | Project Goals and Progress




HeritagePIN has a number of Name Transcription Projects on the go since 2008. The time period of study is Pre-Confederation (1867). Since Ontario's civil records program took some years to fully implement, this time period has been extended to include Ontario's documented inhabitants prior to the mid-1870's.

Transcribed surnames are searchable at each Township's page




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MAPS | project

I had been able to photograph several of the (brittle) Pre-Confederation maps at various universities and archives, and by 2016 the University of Toronto has made images available ONLINE for many more!

The names in these databases have been transcribed by me personally, and include names from the inset town maps, and indexes of subscribers, located in the margins of each map.

 
DIRECTORIES & GAZETTEERS | project


Likewise, with historical directories, names have been transcribed by eye, not by OCR (conversion to text). They include those entries for individuals living in towns and cities.

 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES


Where maps and directories are sparse for a township, or for an early time period, the Databases are supplemented with record-sets * that show names and Concession/Lot locations *. These include early Land Grant/Patents, and Agricultural Census returns.